Dunham has been open about the influences in her life that have encouraged her to delve deep in the pro-choice debate, telling Observer in 2014 that her mother, Laurie Simmons, instilled in her feminist ideals at an early age.

“She was part of a group in New York called WAC, Women’s Action Coalition that was a downtown feminist group dealing with, right after abortion became legal, trying to keep that accessible and easy and trying to clear some of the stigma around it,” she said.